Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Form Free - Diagram Rich

     Though, as I wrote yesterday, "I hate forms . . . even [form like] traditional Bible study worksheets," conversely, I love to use diagrams in our Bible studies. Thus, each lesson in our "In Quest" series is to have at least one page (one of six) with a diagram or two. The sample in the post below is from the "In Quest" study in John 1:19-28. (You can view it full size with one click.) We just revised this page today and sensed the Lord's leading as Mitsy and I worked together on it. The connection between the heart and spoken words is very clear in this simple design. (Cf. Mat. 12:34.) Now Mitsy and Tomi will be able to translate this page into Japanese. 

      Since we make use of diagrams and other special design elements in our material, designing a Bible study is much more than simply "writing" one. Thus, we need the Lord's special direction in such day by day, diagram by diagram, and lesson by lesson.  Thank you for your prayers! 

      By the way do you like diagrams, especially Bible diagrams?  There are a few websites concerned with such, which you can find by doing a search. One of our dreams, is to have a Toa Ministries homepage with a section of Bible diagrams.  Over the years I have made many, at least some of which are worthy of wider distribution. Like the one posted below, many of the best designs are profoundly simple.  

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